{"product_id":"9781915068460","title":"Brightening from the East","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBrightening from the East\u003c\/i\u003e Ken Worpole explores a unique region of the mind' - the Thames Estuary and the marshland landscapes of the East Anglian shoreline.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this wide-ranging collection of essays, personal and historical, Worpole brings us the stories of radical communities, of arcadian dreams among the shabby plotlands of eastern England, of new ways of living. He ranges further afield too, writing on Italian cemeteries, Dutch landscape architects and the English twentieth century folk revival. Here Worpole convincingly argues that the Essex landscape has always been a refuge for new ideas, and a place where practical idealism could flourish,a place the world might learn from.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrightening from the East\u003c\/i\u003e also contains Worpole's influential essay, The New English Landscape'.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ken Worpole","offers":[{"title":"Global Book Sales |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-04-17","offer_id":47353575670015,"sku":"9781915068460","price":38.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d48a85b4-ad24-4045-8ace-01fd19146a30.jpg?v=1760540988","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781915068460","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}